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Atomic Bombs
Atomic bomb is an explosive device in which a large amount of energy is released through nuclear reactions. This makes an atomic bomb, more properly called a nuclear weapon, a much more powerful device than any conventional bomb containing chemical explosives. The first Atomic Bombs were used during World War 2 in 1945 by the US onto 2 Japanese cities.
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Which element was used to make the first atomic bombs?
The fissile fuel in the first 3 bombs was:
- Plutonium, Trinity test, July 16, 1945
- Uranium, Hiroshima attack, August 6, 1945
- Plutonium, Nagasaki attack, August 9, 1945
- Trinity test Gadget: Plutonium. First atomic bomb detonation.
- Hiroshima Little Boy: 80% enriched Uranium. First atomic bomb used in combat.
Take your pick.
What are the results of atomic bomb?
The detonation of an atomic bomb causes a massive release of energy in the form of a powerful blast wave, intense heat, and radiation. This can result in widespread destruction to infrastructure and loss of life, as well as long-term health effects from radiation exposure. Additionally, the environmental impact can be significant, with radiation contamination lasting for years or even decades.
How is Albert Einstein related to the atomic bomb?
His theory about atomic fusion helped in the development of the bomb. He also convinced the president to develop the research in it. In the last 25 years of his life he questioned himself concerning the use and development of the bomb and was unhappy that he had helped build the theory and foundation of atomic theory.
What was used to carry the atomic bombs?
During the Cold War, several jet aircraft were capable of carrying nuclear bombs; some were large mega-ton size and some were small tactical size.
Nuclear bombs can be carried by Interconteniental Ballastic Missiles (ICBMs).
This Question was posted under Physics category, so maybe your question is directed towards the method a nuclear device was contained within a bomb. I don't know the answer to that.
What impact did the atomic bomb have on society?
It had a major impact on many societies by causing the end of the second world
war and bringing all the troops home. Its impact on the societies of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki was arguably even greater than that.
What is the difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic bomb?
A standard bomb relies on the explosive power of chemical energy, like TNT for example. The size of the blast will depend on the amount of explosives packed into the bomb. After the blast, there will be the "usual" damage, which will be proportionate to the size of the bomb. Destruction and casualties will present as they always have from the blast of a weapon. With a nuclear weapon, the energy is derived from the nuclei of atoms (using either fission or fusion). It is nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons are, by tapping into this type of energy, able to deliver a much larger blast and broader blast effects than conventional weapons. The blast can be thousands or millions of times more devastating than any conventional bomb blast. And in addition to killing in the way chemical explosives do, it can also severely burn and can irradiate victims, and they can die weeks, months or even years after surviving the initial blast. There is also the element of nuclear "residue" from the nuclear blast. Radioactive contaminants will be found on the ground and in the air. And the airborne ones will circulate according to local weather patterns. This will create what is called fallout, and the radioactive materials can be deposited many miles from ground zero. This ends up creating health damaging effects far from the site of the blast.
Which bomb is more dangerous a nuclear bomb or an atomic bomb?
A nuclear bomb and an atomic bomb are virtually synonymous. The two terms are both used to refer to a nuclear weapon. Even Wikipedia agrees. The use of either term as a search argument redirects the answer to the article Nuclear Weapon. A link is provided.
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that dont make any sense a nuclear bombs blow travels 100s of miles and is more powerful cause its the newly invented bomb and the atomic bombs blow travel is under a nuclear bombs travel rate
How long did it take to make the atomic bombs used in World War 2?
The US was capable of producing 3 atomic bombs a month at the end of WW2. This would suggest it took a bit over a week to make each bomb kit. However it isn't that simple, the 3 bomb per month bottleneck was the Hanford plutonium production reactors: each of the 3 reactors could make 1 bomb worth (6.2 kg) of plutonium a month and they ran in parallel.
Which two elements were used to produce the atomic bombs?
The key elements to making fission bombs are: Uranium and Plutonium. The specific isotopes of interest are: Uranium-233, Uranium-235, and Plutonium-239.
But many other elements are needed to make a functional bomb. As a very rough guess, about a quarter of the elements on the periodic table are needed somewhere in the bomb, roughly 23 different elements in total.
How did albert einstein make the atomic bomb?
No, he was a pacifist and worked on no war projects. His only involvement with the atomic bomb was to sign a letter to FDR that Leo Szilard had written, warning that the Nazis might make one first.
The atomic bomb was not invented in the US, it was invented in London, England in 1933 by Leo Szilard while crossing a street and patented by him in 1934. However it took 12 more years, many scientists & engineers & technicians, and an enormous investment in new industrial infrastructure before the first atomic bombs could be built.
In earlier days, the fissile material was packed much like pizza, with the wedges/slices placed relatively far apart to avoid pre-detonation (that is, the reaction goes spontaneous long before you want it to, causing... undesirable... side effects). Just ringing the wedge is the high explosive, placed such that the energy of its explosion goes into the "pizza". Upon impact (for surface explosives, this means a trigger on the missile's nose, while for other types this would mean remote control), the explosives detonate simultaneously, compressing the wedges to critical mass, triggering the explosion. ###
Now, it should be said trhat I am not a nuclear technician, however i do a hell of a lot of reading and stuff in this sort of area, and my basic understanding of this is that there is a peice of nuclear material placed inside the bomb. around that are peices of c-4 or another form of explosive. these go off all at exactly the same time to compress the nuclear matter, which superheats the core causing a massive *pop* sound. hence to say, the pop is kinda loud.
..... atom splitting is dangerous, don try this @ your house.
Quite effectively. Or were you referring to mechanism?
"Little Boy" Uranium gun fission bomb (MK-1 design):
- Fusing mechanism is triggered at preset altitude.
- Fuse fires electrical primer in breach of gun.
- Primer ignites bag of smokeless powder.
- Gasses from smokeless powder accelerate Uranium-235 bullet down barrel.
- Uranium-235 bullet enters Uranium-235 target on muzzle of gun, forming supercritical mass.
- Uranium-235 bullet crushes Polonium/Beryllium neutron source, causing a burst of neutrons into supercritical mass.
- Neutrons cause uncontrolled chain reaction in supercritical mass resulting in explosion.
- Dense Uranium-238 tamper jacket (now vaporized) around Uranium-235 target holds back explosion for a short period to make it stronger.
"Fat Man" Plutonium implosion fission bomb (MK-3 design):
- Fusing mechanism is triggered at preset altitude.
- Fuse initiates "x unit", which generates 32 precisely timed detonator firing pulses, to make all 32 detonators fire at the same time.
- Each of 32 detonators detonates a shaped charge "explosive lens".
- Each of 32 explosive lenses focuses spherical expanding detonation wave from its detonator into a spherical contracting detonation wave.
- The 32 spherical contracting detonation waves from the 32 explosive lenses arrive at the surface of a sphere of high power "booster" explosive, which helps the 32 sections merge into a single spherical contracting detonation wave and adds energy to the wave.
- When the detonation wave hits the spherical Uranium-238 tamper it becomes a hydrodynamic shock wave, imploding the tamper.
- When the shock wave hits the Plutonium-239 core it implodes the core assembling a supercritical mass.
- When the shock wave hits the Polonium/Beryllium neutron source in the center of the core it implodes the neutron source, causing a burst of neutrons into supercritical mass.
- Neutrons cause uncontrolled chain reaction in supercritical mass resulting in explosion.
- Dense Uranium-238 tamper (now vaporized) around Plutonium-239 core holds back explosion for a short period to make it stronger.
What were the first atomic bombs nicknamed?
The first atomic bombs were nicknamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man." "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, and "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945, towards the end of World War II.
What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a thermonuclear bomb?
They are both general terms. The term "atomic bomb" can mean any nuclear weapon, either a fission weapon or a fusion weapon (the so-called hydrogen bomb). The term thermonuclear bomb is also used in general, but it usually excludes the fusion bombs. It should be noted, however, that it takes a fission bomb to generate the heat necessary to "set off" a fusion reaction and make a fusion bomb work.
Who was in charge of the atomic bomb?
The development and deployment of the atomic bomb was overseen by the United States government during World War II. The Manhattan Project, led by General Leslie Groves and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was responsible for its creation. Ultimately, President Harry S. Truman made the decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What happens when a atomic bomb explodes?
When an atomic bomb explodes it forms a mushroom cloud, the explosion gives off EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse, the explosion is huge and can destroy so much for miles, and the explosion gives off huge amounts of radiation so if you survive the explosion you can suffer or die from the radiation after the bomb blew up.
Where did testing of the atomic bomb take place?
The atomic bomb was tested at the Trinity site in Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1945.
Is nuclear power linked to the atomic bomb?
Only in that to make plutonium or tritium for nuclear bombs you need a reactor. While the reactors that make these materials can also be used to generate electricity, they usually don't. Also the types of reactors usually used to generate electricity are not usually designed to efficiently make these materials.
Why did Albert Einstein study the atomic bomb?
He didn't, he had no interest in the atomic bomb.
His only involvement was when Leo Szilard discussed the possibility of atomic bombs with him, was that they both agreed that the Nazis should not have them and that the Allies should study their feasibility. He then signed a letter to FDR that Szilard had already written in his name that warned of this possibility and suggested a project be started to study them.
J. Robert Oppenheimer is often referred to as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" for his leadership in the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Oppenheimer played a key role in the successful testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945.
Is Alfred Nobel the inventor of the Atomic Bomb?
No, Alfred Nobel did not invent the Atomic Bomb. The Atomic Bomb was developed by a team of scientists led by J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project in World War II. Alfred Nobel is known for inventing dynamite and establishing the Nobel Prizes.
Who discovered the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb was developed during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project led by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. While Oppenheimer played a key role, a team of scientists and engineers worked together to design and build the bomb.
Why did Albert Einstein invent the atomic bomb?
He didn't. He'd worked a little on the theories about energy release, but he had nothing to do with turning it into a functioning weapon.
Einsteins only personal involvement with The Manhattan Project was to persuade the then president, Franklin Roosevelt, that modern research would be used by others to develop an atomic bomb and that America needed to build one first.
Why did albert einstein help invent the atomic bomb?
No, he was a pacifist and worked on no war projects. His only involvement with the atomic bomb was to sign a letter to FDR that Leo Szilard had written, warning that the Nazis might make one first.
The atomic bomb was not invented in the US or by Einstein, it was invented in London, England in 1933 by one of Einstein's friends - Leo Szilard while crossing a street and patented by him in 1934. What Szilard wanted when he invented the atomic bomb was only to provide a better way to transmute elements than was then available, but at the same time he did recognize its potential for a large energy release which might make it useful as a weapon.
However it took 12 more years, many scientists & engineers & technicians, and an enormous investment in new industrial infrastructure before the first atomic bombs could be built.
How close was Germany to building an atomic bomb in 1945?
Not close at all. Even if they had figured out exactly how to do it, the industrial infrastructure needed would have made it impossible for at least a decade. They simply lacked the resources. and besides, in 1945, Germany was already on the brink of defeat to even think about it.
